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from washington and former homeland security secretary. corey booker, let me start with you. it is heart-breaking. it's agonizing. you can't say anything to make it better. what i find fascinating about him is his incredible dignity. the way he was prepared to offer comfort and sympathy to the family of the man who had shot his child and he went on to talk about gun control and said that he didn't want wide-ranging gun control to come as a result of this, but he didn't understand why this shooter's mother would ever want to have the kind of assault weapon that was used in her home to defend herself. he raised a number of issues about that which we'll see more of tomorrow. but what do you say to other families in america that can't send them to school now, to movie theaters? there is almost nowhere left now that's sacred for americans to be safe because of gun violence. what is the answer? >> well, first of all, this is not as rare as people might think. there's a virginia tech, so to speak, 30 to 30 americans dying every day to violence. fortunately the courage that he showed
from washington and former homeland security secretary. corey booker, let me start with you. it is heart-breaking. it's agonizing. you can't say anything to make it better. what i find fascinating about him is his incredible dignity. the way he was prepared to offer comfort and sympathy to the family of the man who had shot his child and he went on to talk about gun control and said that he didn't want wide-ranging gun control to come as a result of this, but he didn't understand why this...
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more washington gridlock. no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. santho, ho, ho!anta! santa! want to see some magic? watch this! merry chr... (crash) ow! i landed on my keys. did you get that? oh yeah. that was amazing. here you go. that was a fun trick! see? santa's okay. walk it off santa. share videos instantly with s beam. on the galaxy siii and note ii. for a limited time get two flip covers for the price of one. exclusively at verizon. >>> oh, my god. >> oh! >> yikes. that's how hollywood sees it. that's hollywood's version of doomsday from the movie "2012." awesome and great. i love those effects. a lot of people are convinced that the world as we know it is going to end, in fact, tomorrow. it's
more washington gridlock. no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. santho, ho, ho!anta! santa! want to see some magic? watch this!...
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he's going to stay in washington to try and get it done. do we expect they'll all sit in their seats trying to hash something out before the new year? >> reporter: well, as i said, the two people who are going to have to do this now again, according to all sides, has to be the president and the speaker. the president is delaying his trip he says. we're going to hear from the speaker about what his plans are. we heard from the senate's top democrat, the senate majority leader he plans to go to the funeral or the memorial service for senator daniel inoyae and a funeral in hawaii and we're up to christmas eve and christmas. the senate won't come back until next week, you can hope when they get back they'll have something to vote on, but it's too close to call right now. we just don't know. >> dana, thank you. appreciate it. >>> like the debate over expiring tax cuts, weather unpredictab unpredictable. just ahead the official start of winter. wisconsin governor scott walker called for a state of emergency as a severe storm now pummels the state
he's going to stay in washington to try and get it done. do we expect they'll all sit in their seats trying to hash something out before the new year? >> reporter: well, as i said, the two people who are going to have to do this now again, according to all sides, has to be the president and the speaker. the president is delaying his trip he says. we're going to hear from the speaker about what his plans are. we heard from the senate's top democrat, the senate majority leader he plans to...
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interested in politics who don't like the republicans who do not like the democrats, who do not like washington, you know what they do like? they like barack obama because they sense something about him that he's not a part of it. so even that first debate there we thought was a debacle, a lot of us people thought "well, i liked that because he's not playing that game, he's not playing gotcha, he's not saying nasty things." that that helped the balance for him. >> rose: i'll tell you who didn't like it, his campaign staff. >> i asked, -- at the end of the interview i said to him i ran into somebody during the course of the campaign who useded to work for you who is now the mayor of a major american city. >> rose: could it be chicago? (laughs) >> and i said to him "what happened, rahm, in that first debate?" and rahm looked at me and said "he had a hawaii moment." and when i said that the president laughed very loudly and he caught himself back and he told this lovely story there meant meant that when things seemed to be going to hell in a hand basket he and rahm would sit in the oval office and
interested in politics who don't like the republicans who do not like the democrats, who do not like washington, you know what they do like? they like barack obama because they sense something about him that he's not a part of it. so even that first debate there we thought was a debacle, a lot of us people thought "well, i liked that because he's not playing that game, he's not playing gotcha, he's not saying nasty things." that that helped the balance for him. >> rose: i'll...
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this pressure grows in washington to tighten gun laws. the gun maker and stocks took a hit in the aftermath after a rough start to the week. gunmakers started on the road to recovery on wednesday. today smith and wesson is trading lower and the stock has done well by investors with year to date gains of 89% versus about 15% for the s&p 500. it is seeing gapes of 31% so far this year. maybe investors see a rush of americans buying more firearms in anticipation of stricker gun laws or betting that they will stay the same despite the public outrage. either way the u.s. is by far the largest retail gun market in the world with estimates for overall sales for 2012 approaching 20 million firearms. let me give you more perspective on how well they do. more gun retailers today than mcdonald's restaurants and super markets combined. something to think about as the gun debate continues. for more indepth coverage, tune in at 3:00 p.m. eastern from the money newsroom in new york. same time tomorrow. 315 horsepower. what's that in reindeer-power? [ la
this pressure grows in washington to tighten gun laws. the gun maker and stocks took a hit in the aftermath after a rough start to the week. gunmakers started on the road to recovery on wednesday. today smith and wesson is trading lower and the stock has done well by investors with year to date gains of 89% versus about 15% for the s&p 500. it is seeing gapes of 31% so far this year. maybe investors see a rush of americans buying more firearms in anticipation of stricker gun laws or betting...
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after little progress was reported in the ongoing budget negotiations in washington. on wall street. the dow dropped 99-points. after posting 100-point gains over the past two days. both the nasdaq and s-and-p- 500 lost 10-points. >> the u.s. government's venture into the car business is slowly coming to an end. the treasury department says it will sell its remaining 500 million shares of general motors in the next year or so. that will mark the end of a $50 billion bailout that saved the company while touching off a debate about government intervention in private business. it's all part of its effort to wind down its investments in the troubled asset relief program. >>jacqueline: @ temperatures already quite chilly this eve. taking a look outside 40's through half moon bay and vallejo. and 40's and fairfield is going to be a cold night. 30's for the most part. 20's and in santa rosa. 36 in half moon bay. 33 degrees and san jose. but this would take a look of the satellite and writer changes with friday, clear skies. clouds to the north. associated with this system th
after little progress was reported in the ongoing budget negotiations in washington. on wall street. the dow dropped 99-points. after posting 100-point gains over the past two days. both the nasdaq and s-and-p- 500 lost 10-points. >> the u.s. government's venture into the car business is slowly coming to an end. the treasury department says it will sell its remaining 500 million shares of general motors in the next year or so. that will mark the end of a $50 billion bailout that saved the...
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the gentleman from washington has one minute. mr. smith: i yield myself the balance of my time to close. i really want to close just to emphasize how important the work is that our staffs do. both in the house and the senate. the work that they've done ever since may when we first put together the bill on the house side and then the accelerated time schedule that they had to operate under because the senate waited until december 4 to pass their bill and he to throw together a quick conference report. there are an endless array of critically important legislative issues that are handled in this bill. and the staffs that we have do an amazing job under a tight time line of working together to resolve differences and come up with the best legislation. we have an outstanding staff. we could not do this without them. again i will emphasize i hope this bill shows that it's possible that people who disagree, and you can hear from our debate there are many things we disagree strongly about, certainly republicans and democrats, but also house
the gentleman from washington has one minute. mr. smith: i yield myself the balance of my time to close. i really want to close just to emphasize how important the work is that our staffs do. both in the house and the senate. the work that they've done ever since may when we first put together the bill on the house side and then the accelerated time schedule that they had to operate under because the senate waited until december 4 to pass their bill and he to throw together a quick conference...